THE PRISONERS OF HOPE: CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE OPPOSITION IN ZIMBABWE
THE PRISONERS OF HOPE: CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE OPPOSITION IN ZIMBABWE
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希望的囚犯：津巴布韦的民间社会和反对派
DOI：
10.1080/10246029.2005.9627367
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发表时间：
2005
影响因子：
0.8
通讯作者：
B. Kagoro
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作者：
B. Kagoro
关于什么是我们非洲人的本质，实际上是津巴布韦人的本质，存在着许多辩论。这个国家有一段艰难但辉煌的历史，其特点是动荡和坚韧，混乱和勇气，腐败和同情。赞比亚的肯尼思·卡翁达（Kenneth Kaunda）曾将宽恕描述为“一种不断愿意生活在新的一天”。在这篇文章中，我打算说明为什么津巴布韦没有发生任何叛乱，尽管镇压是无与伦比的。也许是津巴布韦人根深蒂固的不断希望新的一天的能力使我们成为希望的囚徒。我想重点谈谈非洲民族联盟-爱国阵线的专制政权对津巴布韦政治反对派、民间社会结构，特别是民间社会组织的作用的影响。一个特别令人关注的领域是新的《非政府组织法案》对它们的运作构成的威胁。
There are many debates as to what constitutes the essence of our African humanity and, indeed, Zimbabwean-ness. The country has had a difficult but illustrious history characterised by turmoil and tenacity, chaos and courage, corruption and compassion. Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda once described forgiveness as “a constant willingness to live in a new day”. In this article I intend to demonstrate why there has not been any revolt in Zimbabwe, despite unparalleled repression. Perhaps it is the ingrained capacity of Zimbabweans to constantly hope for a new day that has made us prisoners of hope. I wish to focus my comments on the effect the ZANU-PF's authoritarian regime has had on political opposition in Zimbabwe, on the architecture of civil society, and in particular on the role of civil society organisations. A particular area of concern is the threat to their functioning posed by the new NGO Bill.